He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
-James Joyce
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
Quotations
Music
So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to.
-Giles Andreae
I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.
-John Borrowman
Good music always defeats bad luck.
-Jack Vance
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
-Tom Waits
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
If you learn music, you'll learn most all there is to know.
-Edgar Cayce
Music fills the infinite between two souls.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.
-Morrissey
Music gives color to the air of the moment.
-Karl Lagerfeld
